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Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action—HIV Version - BEHKA-HIV
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: HIV
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 204
Language of Validated Version: English
Brief Health Literacy Screening Tool - BRIEF
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 4
Sample size in validation study: 378
Language of Validated Version: English
Calgary Charter on Health Literacy Scale - calgarycha
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 5
Sample size in validation study: 633
Language of Validated Version: English
Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Chronic Care - CHLCC
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 20
Sample size in validation study: 262
Language of Validated Version: Cantonese
Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Diabetes - CHLSD
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document, Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 34
Sample size in validation study: 137
Language of Validated Version: Cantonese
Developing a measure of communicative and critical health literacy: a pilot study of Japanese office workers - Ishikawa (2008a)
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Communication: Speaker, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 5
Sample size in validation study: 190
Language of Validated Version: Japanese
Development and Validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen) - REALM-Teen
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 66
Sample size in validation study: 1533
Language of Validated Version: English
Diabetes Numeracy Test - DNT
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 43
Sample size in validation study: 398
Language of Validated Version: English
General Health Numeracy Test - GHNT-21
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 21
Sample size in validation study: 205
Language of Validated Version: English
Greek version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire 16 - greekversi
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Media Literacy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil, Phone-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 16
Sample size in validation study: 107
Language of Validated Version: Greek
Hebrew Health Literacy Test - HHLT
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 12
Sample size in validation study: 119
Language of Validated Version: Hebrew
Literacy Assessment for Diabetes - LAD
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 60
Sample size in validation study: 203
Language of Validated Version: English
Measuring functional, communicative, and critical health literacy among diabetic patients - Ishikawa (2008b)
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Speaker, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 16
Sample size in validation study: 138
Language of Validated Version: Japanese
Medical Term Recognition Test - METER
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 40
Sample size in validation study: 148
Language of Validated Version: English
Medication Literacy Assessment in Spanish & English - MedLitRxSE
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 20
Sample size in validation study: 181
Language of Validated Version: English
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